The Centre has agreed to pay Rs 6,320 crore to the Assam government as crude oil royalty as part of an out-of-court settlement after eight years of protracted legal battle. The amount will be paid by the Central government to the Assam government over a

Private equity firm Lone Star has joined hands with IL&FS to invest in struggling Indian infrastructure projects. The tie-up will have an investment corpus of $550 million, which could result in asset purchases of up to $2.5 billion, according to the partners.

The oil & gas sector has attracted foreign direct investments worth $ 1.18 billion in the past two financial years between April 2014 and March 2016, the government said in its ´achievement report´ for the petroleum sector.

Major oil public sector units are planning to invest over Rs 1.43 lakh crore in Andhra Pradesh in coming years which would create jobs for thousands of people in the state, according to Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.